Funding search · EIN 943355076 · San Francisco, CA

Independent Arts & Media

Name: Independent Arts & Media grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

63
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Art Forces3 grants · $346,042
Cinemasf1 grant · $246,891
Shaping San Francisco4 grants · $202,868
The Atlantic Monthly Grp Llc2 grants · $180,000
The Frisc3 grants · $168,053
We Wield the Hammer2 grants · $148,410
The Crucible3 grants · $132,840
Grotto Partners Llc1 grant · $126,384
Wasatch Public Media2 grants · $125,724
Little Boxes Theater2 grants · $93,700

Giving over time

$586,004

2021

$597,057

2022

$583,015

2023

$854,039

2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$246,891
Cinemasf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$152,559
Art Forces · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program Support
$131,088
The Atlantic Monthly Grp Llc · Washington, DC · 2021
Program Support
$126,384
Grotto Partners Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program Support
$102,709
Art Forces · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program Support
$90,774
Art Forces · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program Support
$84,365
Wasatch Public Media · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Program Support
$76,184
Upstream Podcast Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program Support
$75,063
We Wield the Hammer · Oakland, CA · 2021
$74,366
The Frisc · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Program Support
$73,347
We Wield the Hammer · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program Support
$71,000
Little Boxes Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$67,000
Lansing Journal Llc · Lansing, IL · 2024
Program Support
$65,340
The Crucible · Oakland, CA · 2021
$63,639
The Frisc · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Program Support
$55,836
Shaping San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program Support
$51,687
Shaping San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program Support
$48,912
The Atlantic Monthly Grp Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
Program Support
$48,537
Shaping San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program Support
$46,808
Shaping San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program Support
$41,544
Kidnuz · Lafayette, CA · 2022
Program support
$41,359
Wasatch Public Media · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Program Support
$38,025
Fatasilima Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$36,000
Mpowerdance Company · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program Support
$36,000
The Crucible · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program support
$33,750
San Francisco Art Book Fair · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program Support
$33,062
Mendocino News Media Llc · Ukiah, CA · 2023
Program Support
$31,525
Flamenco Arts International · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Program support
$31,500
The Crucible · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program support
$31,497
Pianofight Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program Support
$30,048
The Frisc · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Program Support
$30,000
Craftsmanship Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program Support
$28,010
Coalition To Grow San Francis · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program Support
$25,800
San Ramon Academy of Music · Dublin, CA · 2024
Program Support
$23,765
Pianofight Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program Support
$23,180
Dogpatch Collective Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$22,700
Little Boxes Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$21,820
Dogpatch Collective Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$20,375
Mpowerdance Company · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program Support
$20,000
Tenderloin Walking Tours · San Francisco, CA · 2021
$17,400
Mendocino News Media Llc · Ukiah, CA · 2022
Program Support
$16,075
Mpowerdance Company · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program Support
$16,032
Small Press Traffic · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program Support
$15,500
Samobe · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Program support
$15,397
The Wild Hunt · Marietta, GA · 2022
Program Support
$15,300
Mpowerdance Company · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program Support
$15,237
Mendocino News Media Llc · Ukiah, CA · 2024
Program Support
$14,971
Twh Publishing Llc · Miami Lakes, FL · 2021
Program Support
$14,702
Kidnuz · Lafayette, CA · 2021
Program support
$14,000
New Modality Llc · Walnut, CA · 2023
Program support
$13,273
Twh Publishing Llc · Miami Lakes, FL · 2023
Program Support
$11,250
San Francisco Art Book Fair · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program Support
$10,188
Small Press Traffic · San Francisco, CA · 2021
$10,000
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Stop Hate Project
$9,740
Howard Zinn Book Fair · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$9,352
The Wild Hunt · Marietta, GA · 2024
Program Support
$9,322
Kidnuz · Lafayette, CA · 2023
Program support
$9,315
East Bay Queer Healing Arts C · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,272
Samobe · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
$6,000
Conrad Communications Llc · Reno, NV · 2024
Program Support
$6,000
Open Circle Network Llc · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Program Support
$5,940
San Francisco Art Book Fair · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program Support
$5,400
Puentes Llc · Aptos, CA · 2024
Program Support

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Similar grant size

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.